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MAY 10. 
not trouble you with their arguments. Let me 
know your views generally, and if you have, 
as I think it likely, reliable statistics on the 
subject, let me have them also, if you please. 
A strong effort is made here to influence mem¬ 
bers of Congress and induce them to take the 
duties from wool and dye stuffs, and the railioad 
people are trying to put railroad iron in the 
same list. The two interests work together.” 
The wool growers will see by this what they 
have got to contend with. The manufacturers, 
the railroads, and the commercial men of the 
country. Verily here is a strong combination. 
With the unlimited control of money, capable 
of procuring the ablest talent out of Congress, 
and all acting in concert, we see what odds 
there is against us. Our only hope is to make 
ourselves heard through, aud by our repiesen- 
tatives. Let the farmers in every Congression¬ 
al District throughout the whole country, call 
meetings, get up remonstrances and sign them, 
pour in such a flood of names as will satisfy the 
manufacturer that we are in earnest and cannot 
be trifled with. If they wish to get the duty 
from wool, take it off from cloth, and nobody 
will object. We would suggest a remonstrance 
like the following: 
To the Congress of the United States : 
The undersigned farmers and wool growers, 
residing in the town of-, county of 
_., and State of-, do most earn¬ 
estly remonstrate against reducing the duty up¬ 
on foreign wool. With the existing duty, it is 
hardly possible to keep the present number of 
sheep good in the Union. The importance of 
the wool growing interest is so great that no 
means should be spared to protect and increase 
it, and nothing will do it more effectually than 
to give to the farmers the protection which the 
present law affords. The repeal of the duty 
will compel us to relinquish ourflocks, aud they 
will became rapidly exterminated. We, there¬ 
fore, most earnestly pray your Honorable body 
to continue the duty upon foreign wool as it is.” 
Circulate this petition or remonstrance every 
where, and send on the names to youi imme¬ 
diate representatives at Washington, besides 
write letters and let them know how the thing 
is viewed. If the farmers are up and doing v e 
can head off these avaricious gentlemen who 
are seeking to rob the wool growers for theii 
own peculiar interest.— p. 
facture as well as Prof. K., he considered the 
whole thing a most contemptible cheat. 
Prof. Kakes considered the confession made 
by Prof. B. enough to show that he was no gen¬ 
tleman, and ought not to be believed, and 
would take no further notice of him. 
Mr. K. Sexse said he had been very much 
interested in the discussion. He was a plain 
farmer, and was not certain whether he rightly 
understood the two learned professors. Was he 
to infer that all the value of the van ms patent 
manures was owing to the addition of that sub¬ 
stance which both gentlemen seemed to concede 
so important in their composition ? 
Prof. Bullis— “Undoubtedly it is so.” 
Prof. Kakes— “ There can be no doubt. The 
great secret of the value of my sub. super-ex¬ 
tract consists in getting the exact proportions.” 
Mr. K. Sense thanked the learned gentlemen 
for the information. He was not skilled in 
chemical terms, but if he had not misunder¬ 
stood the gentleman, by taking 17 G, 13 A, 25 
S+S aud adding it to (3 H + U) 2 M (5 B + U 
G) we obtain a very powerful substance highly 
concentrated in (20 H + U) 15 M (30 B + U G). 
He thought the information of the highest im¬ 
portance to the farmer, and hoped the Secreta¬ 
ry would see that this discussion was placed 
upon the minutes of the club, and published in 
the various agricultural journals. He consid¬ 
ered it as a triumphant demonstration of the 
great importance of chemistry to agriculture. 
Judge S. Weat thought as the time had come 
for adjournment, he would offer the following 
resolution: 
Resolved, That it is the unanimous opinion 
of this club that “ manure can be made from 
moonshine; ” which resolution was adopted. 
After some discussion it was also resolved 
that the next question should be—“ The best 
method of applying manure made from moon¬ 
shine.” Adjourned for two weeks. 
Sum Punkens, Scc'y, dec. 
SPROUTED WHEAT. 
Eds. Rural :—Noticing the complaints of 
certain farmers, who state that they were mis¬ 
led by assertions in your columns relative to the 
germinating properties of sprouted wheat, I 
herewith send you an account of my experience. 
“fBeing doubtful of my own wheat, as soon as 
it was thoroughly dried, I picked twenty of the 
worst sprouted kernels I could find, planted 
them about one inch apart; took the same 
number of better seeds, but also sprouted, planted 
them in the same manner. As the weather was 
very dry I watered the whole twice ; in six 
days seventeen of the worst sprouted -were up, 
and all of the others,—both looking well,— 
therefore I was sure that my sprouted wheat would 
grow. I sowed sixty bushels myself, and sold 
some hundred aud fifty to my neighbors. It 
was all sown, and is looking as well as could 
be wished. John Johnston. 
Near Geneva, N. Y., April 18, 1856. 
Remarks. —In conversation with one of the 
leading farmers of Ontario county, we 'learn 
that all the wheat sown in his vicinity was 
more or less sprouted ; that the usual quantity 
of seed per acre was used, and that the growing 
crop is, to all appearance, as fine as any he ever 
saw.— Eds. 
%wi ffatfs aitir fttras. 
[Reported for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
OUR CLUB.— IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
INDIAN CORN.-NO. III. 
[Concluded from last week.) 
Mr. Solonson wished the Professor to state to 
the club what that new element was. He 
thought it important to have the knowledge.— 
It was true, moonshine was common to all, but 
as none but Prof. K. had been successful in 
making a manure out of it, he could see no rea¬ 
son why the secret should not be divulged. 
Prof. Bullis was satisfied there was no secret 
about it. He apprehended that when the great 
secret came out, it would turn out that the ma¬ 
nure was worth just as much without the ad¬ 
dition as with it. Indeed he knew it was so. 
He (Prof. B.) had analyzed this famous ma¬ 
nure, and could tell all about it. It was true that 
by the addition Prof. K. had increased the in¬ 
tensity of his manure as expressed in his form¬ 
ula, but it was entirely owing to that other sub¬ 
stance. That taken away and it would not 
stand as high as in his formula. The much 
boasted substance the club would find express¬ 
ed by this formula:—17 G, 13 A, 25 S-j-S, 
which any one could see if subtracted from the 
(20 H+U) 15 M (30 B+U G), would leave the 
original formula as stated by him, Prof. B.— 
Therefore the whole virtue of his manure con¬ 
sisted in the addition which Prof. K. had made. 
He considered the addition of that substance as 
of no possible use, for it had no manurial power 
at all, however much some interested people 
might talk about it. 
Mr. Solonson was inclined to believe in the 
value of the substance which Prof. B. said con¬ 
stituted the increased value of Prof. K.’s ma- 
At any rate, if he rightly understood 
njire. 
Prof. B.’s formula, he had found it very power¬ 
ful whenever properly applied. He had used a 
good deal of it. 
Prof. Kakes said he was under the necessity 
of saying to the club that the statement of Prof. 
Bullis as to the substance which he (Prof. K.) 
used in his new manure was not true. He 
would not call it by any harsher name, now.— 
Prof. Bullis was sorry to contradict Prof. K., 
but the statement which he (Prof. B.) had 
made, was true to the letter, for he had the best 
possible evidence of it. 
Prof. Kakes would say to the learned Prof. 
B., in good plain English, which he (Prof. K.) 
presumed Prof. B. could perfectly understand, 
that he told a positive falsehood, and he might 
make what he pleased of it. 
Prof. Bullis said he would not submit to such 
imputation silently. He would give the club 
the whole facts, and let them judge who lied, 
or who cheated. He had been to Prof. K.’s fa¬ 
mous manufactory, aud examined everything 
about it, and he had seen the whole process.— 
The moonshine was condensed in a large reser¬ 
voir like a gasometer. A small tube led from 
it to a small secret closet, where Prof. K. went 
daily, but nobody else was allowed to enter. 
As soon as Prof. K. entered the closet, the hold¬ 
er of the large reservoir began to rise, and con¬ 
tinued to do so until it was full. He (Prof. B.) 
had been inside of that small closet, and knew that 
the substance which made the value of the 
famous sub. super -coventrated extract of moon¬ 
shine, was generated by Prof. K., and as it was 
a substance which any other man could manu 
Eds. Rural :—In my last I made some com¬ 
parisons between the corn and wheat crops, and 
their worth to the farmer. I now propose to 
show that Indian corn, for many purposes, is 
worth as much, if not more per bushel to the 
farmer, than any other grain. I will not enter 
into a chemical investigation of the properties 
of corn or wheat, but merely give the facts as 
far as my own knowledge goes, and also the 
experience of others more competent to judge. 
I believe it is* generally conceded that any 
given quantity of corn contains more nutritive 
matter than the same amount of wheat, and it 
is well known that in many parts of the United 
States Indian corn is almost wholly used for 
bread. In many parts of the South and South- 
West, and in the Eastern States, corn is used to 
a great extent. The writer lived several years 
in the “ Granite State," in his younger days, and 
at that time he will venture to say, there was not 
a dozen families in the county who used wheat 
flour, corn and rye forming the food almost ex¬ 
clusively, although wheat flour is used there 
now more than formerly ; still most of the peo¬ 
ple have the brown bread on their tables, and 
many of the bakers in the New England cities 
make it a part of their business to furnish it to 
their customers with as much regularity as they 
do any other. I have never seen a more healthy 
and robust people than those of the Eastern 
States, where the corn or brown bread was the 
kind almost wholly used. I think that with 
the present high price of flour, a great saving 
could be made by using a part brown bread in 
every family, and especially by those who are 
limited in their means. I think it would be 
much better to have a whole loaf of brown 
bread than a half loaf of white or wheaten, 
when the brown is full as nutritious and 
healthy, and will not cost over one-half the 
price of bread made from wheat flour. 
There are several use^to which we put In¬ 
dian corn where its value is fully equal to wheat 
per bushel, such as fattening purposes, for the 
manufacture of alcohol, starch, <fec. Take In¬ 
dian corn from the country for a few years and 
not cultivate it, and instead of seeing our rail¬ 
roads with long trains of cars filled with the 
best and fattest kinds of animals for eastern 
markets, we should see specimens strongly re¬ 
sembling Pharaoh’s “lean kine.” Indian corn 
is undoubtedly one of the best grains for fatten¬ 
ing purposes known to man, and in many sec¬ 
tions of this country the cheapest grain that 
can be raised. Genesee. 
“CURB”--AN INQUIRY. 
Eds. Rural :—Is there a cure for the blemish 
on horses called “ Curb?” and if so, what is it ? 
Please answer through the Rural.—Contribu¬ 
tor, La Orange, 1856. 
Remarks. —This disease is an enlargement 
which makes it appearance on the hind legs be¬ 
low the hock. Straining is the most frequent 
cause, although it is often the result of a blow 
or bruise. In its earlier stages, rest, bandages 
and frequent applications of cold water will 
dispel it. If of long standing, and an effusion 
has taken place, or the surrounding tissues have 
become inflamed and thickened, the following 
recipe, as given by Dr. Dadd, will doubtless be 
found of benefit. Acetic acid four ounces, pow¬ 
dered bloodroot one ounce, turpentine one 
ounce. Apply night and morning for at least a 
week, and bathe the part daily with common 
vinegar. Where the parts are in a state of col- 
losity, take of oil of cedar, sassafras and marjo¬ 
ram each one ounce,—mix with one pint of soft 
soap. Apply the mixture daily—always rub¬ 
bing down. 
The Season, Here and West. —Though we 
had a brief “warm term” some ten days qgo, 
the weather has congealed again, and now (May 
5) fires and winter clothing are in demand.— 
Cool as it is, however, the snow drifts (which 
are neither “ few nor far between” in various 
sections,) are rapidly going into liquidation — 
albeit a friend writes that he saw one four feet 
deep last week, (in Farmington, Ontario Co.,) 
which gave promise of continuing its issues for 
a month ! Of course, we have little heart to 
write about seeding, planting, culture, <fec., 
under such circumstances — and if there is not 
a favorable change ere long, we purpose to de¬ 
vote special attention to the important study of 
climatology, in the hope of ascertaining why 
Western New York has been, for some years, 
deprived of a bona fide, old-fashioned Spring. 
Is it possible that this fair Eden-spot of Amer¬ 
ica is really passing into the “ cold strata” con¬ 
cerning which certain philosophers theorize so 
beautifully ? Will C. D. enlighten us on this 
point, for the benefit of the thousands whose 
flocks, herds, crops, etc., are not in a state of 
progression ? 
Per contra — we hear “ glad tidings” from the 
West, where Spring was fairly inaugurated 
weeks ago. Friends and letters from Iowa, 
Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan assure us of 
the positive advent of warm weather, and that 
the appropriate season is far advanced. Our 
“special” friend Wetmore, writing from Kent 
Co., Mich., under date of April 30, says :—“ Our 
Spring is very favorable thus far. I have rye 
and oats up, some three acres of potatoes 
planted, and am thinking of planting a part of 
my field corn during the week if the weather 
continues as favorable.” Cosmopolitan as we 
are (editorially,) we are in duty bound to con¬ 
gratulate our Western and Southern readers 
upon their good fortune ; and yet, personally, 
we imagine the grapes may be sour 
California Productiveness. — A very re¬ 
markable State is California, remarkable not 
alone for its auriferous deposits, but also for its 
multifarious vegetable products. Every paper 
received is teeming with “ something new.” 
Huge boulders of the yellow ore, gigantic 
trees, immense vineyards laden with the 
juicy grape, extensive plantations for the cul¬ 
ture of silk, <fcc., <fec., are grouped in array 
astounding to the natives of less fruitful climes 
and less favored sections. The “very last” is 
the wonderful growth of Wild Mustard and 
the profit Californians are to make from it. The 
California Farmer (Sacramento,) says :—“We 
often hear the farmer utter complaints against 
the “wild mustard” that overtops his grain and 
overruns his fields ; and yet very few stop to re¬ 
flect that this very mustard can be turned to 
good account, and made to pay better than 
grain. We spent some time this week in the 
mustard factory of Mr. H. C. Hudson. Mr. H. 
used in 1854, one thousand bushels of the seed for 
grinding, and in ’55 he plauted and cultivated 
forty acres,—this was the English seed ; and on 
several comparative trials, the brown California 
mustard is found to be far superior to the white 
English. There is a peculiar sweet flavor found 
in the California mustard, that makes it superior 
to any in the world. Mr. Hudson will increase 
the amount planted the present year, but will 
give preference to native mustard. We would 
suggest to those who have their lands over¬ 
stocked with mustard, to take some note of this 
fact. It will pay well to grow and harvest. In 
addition to the fact that California mustard is 
the very best that can be made, we have this 
fact, that we can raise and manufacture enough 
to supply the whole world ; and can now furnish 
it at less than New York prices.” 
the 
weather so warm as to prove uncomfortable ! 
FLAX seed.—an experiment. 
Where wheat is winter-killed, I would re¬ 
commend sowing half a bushel of flax seed to 
the acre, harrowing it in thoroughly and rolling 
the land smooth. I find on referring to my 
farm book, that in the fall of 1850 I sowed five 
acres of corn ground to wheat, but as the fall 
was dry, the wheat did not come up well, and 
in the spring Ulere appeared to be very little 
standing. As a matter of experiment, I sowed 
on the five acres two and a half bushels of flax 
seed, harrowed and rolled it in well. The re¬ 
sult was favorable, as I obtained from the five 
acres forty-eight bushels of seed, which sold for 
$1,25 per bushel. From the same land I got 
seven bushels of wheat to the acre, which was 
worth 88 cents per bushel. It will be seen that 
I received $12 per acre for flax seed, and a trifle 
over $6 per acre for wheat. Theories are fre¬ 
quently good, but facts often better.—M., IjC 
Roy, 1856. 
Choice Apples. —Once on a time, A. G. Owen, 
Esq., of Big Flats, N. Y., forwarded us a barrel 
of the celebrated King Apple,—and though not 
acknowledged properly, we assure Mr. O. that 
they were appreciated, being pronounced superb 
by family and visitors. The only objection we 
have is in regard to their keeping qualities — a 
matter in which our experience was different 
from that related at the Fruit Growers’ Meeting, 
last January. With us they did not prove as 
good keepers as the Swaar, Baldwin, Spitzen- 
burgh, <fcc.—for the reason that they were pre¬ 
ferred, and could not be kept from the tasting 
committee,! We shall, however, give this va¬ 
riety a further trial the first opportunity. 
_More recently, Mr. E. S. Hayward, of 
Brighton, near this city, caused a barrel of choice 
Northern Spy apples to be placed in our cellar. 
Though in excellent condition when opened, 
they, like the King variety, did not keep well— 
entirely disappearing before we could fairly 
test their qualities in that particulai . 
Premiums for the Boys. —Among the Pre¬ 
miums included in the list just issued by the 
N. Y. State Ag. Society, are the following, of¬ 
fered by Horace Greeley to the Boys of our 
State, under eighteen years of age, for the best 
acre each of Corn and Carrots : 
1. A premium of $50, to the boy, under 18 
years of age, in the State, who shall grow, 
within the'State, the best acre of corn, in 1856, 
(the ground to be in one continuous piece,) the 
ground to be prepared, crop cultivated and se¬ 
cured, by the applicant himself, with a full 
statement, as required by the Regulations of 
the Society. 
2. A premium of $50, to the boy under 18 
years of age, within the State, who shall grow, 
within the State, the best acre of carrots, in 
1856, (the ground to be in one continuous piece,) 
tne ground to be prepared, crop cultivated and 
secured, by the applicant himself, with full 
statement, as required by the Regulations of 
the Society. 
The conditions to be observed in competing 
for these premiums will be found in the pam¬ 
phlet containing Premium List, (fee., copies of 
which can be obtained by addressing B. P. 
Johnson, Secretary, Albany. 
LACTOMETERS—INQUIRY, 
Eds. Rural :—Will you, or some of your 
many subscribers inform me where a Lactome¬ 
ter can be.obtained, and the cost ? This instru¬ 
ment, by which the quality of milk may be 
ascertained, should, I think, be in reach of every 
person who keeps cows, that he may know 
which animal gives the richest milk, and then 
keep qjily the best.—E., North Chili, N. Y. 
Remarks. —The Lactometer consists of a series 
of glass tubes placed perpendicularly in a frame. 
These tubes are divided and subdivided by 
marks or gradations. Emery & Co., Albany, 
have them for sale. Price from $2,50 to $3,00. 
An instrument that will answer every purpose, 
can be made at home, by simply taking six or 
eight ounce or two ounce phials and fastening 
them perpendicularly in a stand. The obser¬ 
vations can be rendered fully as conclusive in 
this manner as though mathematical gradations 
were used.— Eds. 
Getting Out Manure. —The deep snow aud 
continued cold of the past winter left, in most 
barn-yards here at the North, one or more lay¬ 
ers of fee under the manure. If we wait for 
it to thaw, not only will the getting out be de¬ 
layed, but there will be a large amount of water 
to cart off with the dung. Better attend at 
once to pitching the straw on the surface into 
heaps to give the ice a better chance to thaw, 
and it some means were available to get ice and 
manure separate, it would be a good plan to do 
so. Where the yard drains into one’s own 
fields, it pays well to irrigate as much surface 
with the drainage as possible, and there is less 
loss than in most other cases. 
_Lest our Western and Southern readers 
should consider the above advice supei fluous, 
we will add that on this 5th day of May, A. D. 
1856, the ice is from 6 to 8 inches thick in the 
writer’s yard, under the manure ! 
Sale of Short-Horns in England.— The cel¬ 
ebrated Fausley herd of Short-Horns, owned 
and mostly bred by Sir Charles Knightley, was 
sold at auction on the 3d of April. Seventy- 
seven head were sold—48 cows, heilers and 
heifer calves, and 29 bulls and bull calves. The 
females averaged nearly $415 each the aver¬ 
age of the males a little over $376 each—aver¬ 
age of the whole 77 head, a fraction over $400. 
The prices were extraordinary, the average 
prices never having been equalled except in the 
cases of the herds of Charles and Robert Col- 
lings and Lord Ducie. The papers state that 
“ several of the best animals were bought foi 
Americaand we notice by the list of pui - 
chasers, that Mr. Thorne of Dutchess county, 
bought “Amaranth,” a seven-year-old red cow 
for $600, and a yearling heifer from Amaranth, 
for $750—also “ Blouzeliud,” a three-year-old 
heifer, for $400, and “ Elgitha,” a two-year-old 
heifer, for $500. 
POLAND OATS. 
In March, 1853, I obtained from Mr. I. W. 
Briggs, of Macedon, Wayne Co., a sack of Po¬ 
land oats, ten pounds in weight. I sowed them 
on just twenty rods of the poorest ground on our 
farm, (all the rest being occupied.) Hens hav¬ 
ing free access to them, I thought I should not 
save any for seed. But I fiually saved two and 
a half bushels, which I sowed in the spring of 
1854 on nearly an acre of ground in rather low 
condition. The severe drouth, a number of 
large apple trees, aud any quantity of hens, 
left me about thirty bushels. Last year I sowed 
two acres, from which I believe we had, after 
feeding out many in the sheaf, more than one 
hundred bushels, which was all and more than 
I could ask. They are ten or twelve days 
earlier than the common kind, are all white, 
and when well filled will weigh eight or ten 
pounds more to the bushel than the common 
varieties. I am not aware that the genuine 
kind have any other color. They are an excel¬ 
lent crop for early feed, by cutting them up 
with the straw, and a little meal toward the last 
of June. At present I know of no kind that I 
would prefer to them, nor any that equals them 
in value. L. Pierson. 
Le Roy, N. Y., 1856. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
I procured last season three varieties from 
Illinois, to wit : Club, Hedge Row and Rio 
Grande, or New Mexican, and also Fife and 
Tea Wheat. The five kinds were sown upon 
clay soil, plowed the fall previous, cultivated in 
the spring, and drilled in. The Club variety 
did much the best. From one barrel of seed I 
had 50 bushels, by measure. The Hedge Row 
proved worthless, while the other kinds gave a 
fair yield; but I agree with the Rural, that 
wheat raising in Central New York will not pay. 
From 12 bushels of sowing of Winter Wheat, 
on summer fallow, I had only 30 bushels! 
Nelson Payne, Sennett, N. Y., 1856. 
The State Fair. —The State Ag. Society s 
requirements having been complied with by 
the citizens of Watertown, arrangements are 
being perfected for holding the ensuing Annual 
Fair at that place. The Local Executive Com¬ 
mittee of Watertown, at a recent meeting, ap¬ 
pointed the necessary committees to superintend 
various matters, and co-operate with the ofliceis 
of the State Society. From present indications, 
the arrangements, by both the Society and 
citizens of Watertown, will be ample, and such 
as to insure a highly successful and creditable 
exhibition. Pamphlets containing Premium 
List, Regulations, <fcc., can be procured, free of 
expense, on application to Col. B. P. Johnson, 
Ag. Rooms, Albany, N. Y. 
Good Stock is so important an item that we 
are glad to note its constant dissemination.— 
Hence our frequent notices of sales of superior 
animals of the various improved breeds. As 
another instance worthy of record, we learn that 
E. Marks, Esq., of Camillus, Onondaga Co., has 
purchased of Mr. N. J. Becar the Rational 
prize bull “Echo of Oxford” (12821 of English 
Herd Book,) sired by first prize imported bull 
“ Romeo,” (13619,) dam imported first prize 
cow “Oxford 13,” bred by the late Thomas 
Bates, of Kirkleavington, Eng. The farmers 
of Onondaga are fortunate in securing the ser¬ 
vices of so valuable an animal 
To Destroy Flags.— Inquiry.— I have in my 
best mowing a piece of ground covered with 
flags. Will you, or some of your correspon¬ 
dents, state in your paper how I can get rid of 
them entirely, and oblige—A Subscriber ! 
So. Coventry, 1856. 
Remarks.— Your land is undoubtedly cold, 
wet and sour. Drain it, cultivate through the 
season, and sow to clover at usual time. I he 
pests of the farm in the shape of weeds are not 
to be found where the process of culture is 
thorough. Will some of our correspondents, 
who have had experience in the matter, answer 
through the Rural ?—Eds. 
Look to the Bees.— “ The winter has been 
hard upon the bees, and the spring is likely to 
be harder yet, before the blossoms open. Then 
the bees should be fed. Take a little old honey, 
if you have it, twice the quantity of common 
sugar, and as much water by weight; dissolve 
the sugar and honey in the water, over a slow 
fire, skim off the refuse, and put the syrup in a 
shallow pan covered with a thin float full of 
holes, to allow the bees to feed without beiug 
drowned.” 
Leipsic Prunes. —We are indebted to Hon. 
C. Mason, Commissioner of Patents, for a can 
of Leipsic Prunes for engrafting on plum 
stocks. We will cheerfully distribute them 
among friends in this vicinity who are disposed 
to try an experiment and report the result. 
We are also indebted to Mr. Mason for several 
packages of Seeds, which will be distributed in 
like manner. 
The Cost of Fencing.— The Canadian Agri¬ 
culturist publishes some statistics upon fencing 
in Canada, by which it appears that according 
to the last census there are in Upper Canada 
3,697,724 acres under cultivation. Leaving out 
wood land, much of which is fenced, and as 
suming a cost of only $8 an acre for fencing, 
which is a moderate calculation, and it appears 
that the cost of fences in Upper Canada alone 
is about thirty million dollars ; and within 2 5 
years, for new fences and repairs, there will be 
a necessity of farmers increasing an expense of 
$50,000,000. 
What of the Corn-Cob ?—Dr. Charles 1. 
Jackson, of Boston, informs the Patent Office 
people, that he has analyzed the corn-cob, aud 
finds that it contains four and a half parts (in 
100) of nutritive matter, consisting of gum, 
starch and dixtrine. From this it appears that 
it is of scarcely more value to consume as food, 
than as fuel. 
Pennsylvania State Fair.— The Pennsylva¬ 
nia State Agricultural Society has selected 
Pittsburgh as the place for holding the next 
State Fair, to commence on Tuesday, the 30th 
of September, aud continue four days. 
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